CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Ledra Palace: Dancing on the Line, 2020
The CYENS Centre of Excellence and the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia partnered up to create a temporary exhibition in 2021 titled “Ledra Palace: Dancing on the Line” which combined traditional methods of exhibiting with novel technological applications. The exhibition focused on a bottom-up approach providing the means and the space for the communication of people’s stories and memories, usually omitted from Cyprus’s official history. It succeeded in engaging hundreds of people all over the island who willingly and enthusiastically shared their memories and memorabilia, through social media, physical meetings or by phone, even during the difficult months of the lockdowns. The exhibition itself attracted more than 20.000 people from around the island and abroad, while special guided tours and educational programs were delivered to members of the community, schoolchildren, politicians, diplomats, and academics. The exhibition was inaugurated by the President of the Cyprus Parliament and was disseminated extensively in the press across the divide. It was also accompanied by an edited volume/exhibition catalogue, which in 2022 won the gold award in the Carob Design Awards in Cyprus.
Curators: Loukia Loizou-Hadjigavriel, Antigone Heraclidou and Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert
Location: the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia, Cyprus
Organization: Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia & CYENS Centre of Excellence
Duration: June 1st to October 30th 2021
More information here: https://museumlab.cyens.org.cy/project/the-ledra-palace-museum-project/
IAPT Photobook: 2018
IAPT Photobook:2018 opened in conjunction to the 5th International Conference of Photography and Theory (ICPT2018) and hosted local and international artists with books related to the theme “Photographies and Conflict: Archiving and Consuming Images of Strife”.
Curators: Nicos Philippou, Nicolas Lambouris & Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert. Organizers: IAPT [International Association of Photography and Theory], Koraï Project Space. Sponsors: Cultural Services/ Ministry of Education and Culture, Cyprus University of Technology, University of Nicosia, Frederick University
Location: Korai Space, Nicosia, Cyprus
More information here: https://www.photographyandtheory.com/projects/photobook-2018
Delivering Views Ch.9: "Photo Mikis", 2017
Mikis Sofroniou was a popular portrait photographer. In 2017, shortly before he passed away, we took over his photo studio/ shop and activated it by exposing archival material of past decades and by projecting a short documentary about his work. Visitors were able to explore the space and take away as souvenirs postcards created for the occasion. The proposed action falls under the broader goal of the non-profit cultural organization Phaneromeni 70 to activate forgotten closed spaces with a symbolic character.
Curator: Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert. Organization: Phaneromeni 70
Location: Mikis Studio, Nicosia, Cyprus
More information here: https://www.phaneromenis70center.org/dv-9-photo-mikis
Fusion is the Future, 2016
“Fusion is the Future” was an experimental project were, through an open call, 10 artists and 10 science and humanities experts were recruited to work together to co-produce works in teams that could take visual, auditory, or sensory form. During a speed dating session, the selected participants found their “match” and formed a team. For 6 months, the participants of this project had to bypass conceptual and practical barriers in order to arrive to a final, but still evolving, work of art. The resulting works were presented in an exhibition in Nicosia’s pop-up festival in 2016. “Fusion is the Future” is a project about the creative process and not the final result. It’s about the negotiations that take place when one is confronted with individuals from different disciplines and backgrounds, and about trans-disciplinary “fusions” that can be challenging but, when they work, extremely creative and fruitful.
Curators: Achilleas Kentonis, Omiros Panayides, Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert, Niki Zanti. Organisation: Artos Foundation, the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts of the Cyprus University of Technology, Cultural Services, Ministry of Education and Culture.
Location: Nicosia Pop-up Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus
For more information about the project: https://omirospanayides.com/fusion-is-the-future/
For the booklet of the project: https://issuu.com/owkzine/docs/booklet_en
Re-envisioning Cyprus, 2010
Artists and academics join forces in a common effort to “re-envision” Cyprus. The result is an edited volume and a photography & multimedia exhibition. The artists/authors of “Re-envisioning Cyprus” come from different disciplines – such as anthropology, social sciences, art history, literature, cultural theory and visual arts. They use various methods – some excavate past images, and some produce or comment on new ones. They exploit all kinds of materials – such as press, studio or vernacular photos, statues, landmarks, urban constructions and religious spaces. What united them is first their wish to see Cyprus anew, rather than through officialising lenses or narratives. Second, they are rather interested in photography, and how it can help our conceptual understanding of the island.
Editors/ Curators: Peter Loizos (London School of Economics), Nicos Philippou (University of Nicosia), Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert (Cyprus University of Technology). Organisation: University of Nicosia and the Cyprus University of Technology. Part of the celebration of the 50th year anniversary of Cyprus.
Location: Pantheon Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus